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when the federal government employees the right mix of manpower and technology. [applause] i asked the president to finish the job. security sectors, and the most heavily traveled the way for illegal crossing into this country. the fill your promise to the american people. i will make good on mine. [applause] did in the meantime, because i'll never shy away from taking actions necessary to protect our state, i will be issuing an executive order against human trafficking. this is truly a crime against humanity. a modern-day slavery in which men and women and children are sold into forced labor or prostitution. cindy mccain has been a leading factor. i look forward to working occur and legislatures to come back this growing problem. -- combat this growing problem. for those of you just beginning this voyage of public service, there are so many with us here today you have been an inspiration. someone whose contributions will be felt for generations to come. i am speaking up about united states senator jon kyl. he is the rares of creatures in washington, as someone w
when the federal government employees the right mix of manpower and technology. [applause] i asked the president to finish the job. security sectors, and the most heavily traveled the way for illegal crossing into this country. the fill your promise to the american people. i will make good on mine. [applause] did in the meantime, because i'll never shy away from taking actions necessary to protect our state, i will be issuing an executive order against human trafficking. this is truly a crime...
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technology human rights -- i know and not punished here that list and they say, is not all a bit soft? what about the hard stuff? that is a false choice. we need both. i will be the first to proclaimed loudly that america's military might is and must remain the greatest fighting force in the history of the world. i will also make clear that our diplomatic power, the ability to convene our moral suasion -- we will ensure freedom of navigation in all the world's seas. we will go after al qaeda and its wannabes. we will do what is necessary to prevent iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. there are limits to what soft power can achieve. there are limits to what hard power can achieve. it is why i have been talking about smart power. look at our approach to two regions undergoing swift changes. america's expanding engagement in the asia-pacific. adapting our force posture is a key element of our strategy. but so is strengthening our alliances through new economic and security arrangements. we have sent marines but have ratified the korea free trade agreement. we reminded the entire region
technology human rights -- i know and not punished here that list and they say, is not all a bit soft? what about the hard stuff? that is a false choice. we need both. i will be the first to proclaimed loudly that america's military might is and must remain the greatest fighting force in the history of the world. i will also make clear that our diplomatic power, the ability to convene our moral suasion -- we will ensure freedom of navigation in all the world's seas. we will go after al qaeda...
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there are plenty of all unemployed workers that work and technology fields or feel for the technology continues to develop. sometimes they spend that time keeping up with their skills. most people who are computer professionals are people love to be on the computer and love to learn the new thing. even if they are not working and i have spoken to many workers, they are learning new programs out there and learning new technology on their own because that's just what they do. the way i would read a book for pleasure, they will get on a computer and learn something new because that's what they enjoy doing. there is this assumption among some employers that skills are getting stale but there is no looking at the resume for speaking to a qualified individual if that is true. host: the federal level made an effort on this action as well. this was the federal fair employment opportunity act of 2011. it would make it illegal for employers to discriminate against the unemployed, job applicants could sue and recover damages. where does this stand? > guest: was introduced in the last section of
there are plenty of all unemployed workers that work and technology fields or feel for the technology continues to develop. sometimes they spend that time keeping up with their skills. most people who are computer professionals are people love to be on the computer and love to learn the new thing. even if they are not working and i have spoken to many workers, they are learning new programs out there and learning new technology on their own because that's just what they do. the way i would read...
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american universities in the stem fields, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, would be granted a green card upon graduation. this is adopting an older proposal called the stable act. this is a very good move, relatively small by comparison with the size of the system. it also talks vaguely about removing backlogs. if that is similar to a legislative attempts in the past few years, that would mean removing be per country limitations on highly skilled green card and workers coming in. as the system stands now, only 7% are allowed to come from a single country every year, leading to a long backlog for workers from other countries, sometimes longer than a decade. that would be a big improvement to the system. generally, i think most people agree that you need to have a very good reason to have this reform effort, and i think this should be extended, not just to immigrants who are educated in the u.s., but highly skilled immigrants from other countries. >> lawyers as well? >> some lawyers. he is a lawyer two times over, and i think the u.s. is better by having him here. bigg
american universities in the stem fields, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, would be granted a green card upon graduation. this is adopting an older proposal called the stable act. this is a very good move, relatively small by comparison with the size of the system. it also talks vaguely about removing backlogs. if that is similar to a legislative attempts in the past few years, that would mean removing be per country limitations on highly skilled green card and workers coming...
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clean technologies and diverse technologies that allow us to do more and do it in no way that is an environmentally responsible way. imposing the mandates of other heavy hand of ideas that are out there for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. they are not going to pass congress. what we need to be dealing, as we move forward, there will be rolled-making efforts. -- rule-making efforts. need to find those ways that we develop the technologies to really allow us to have that greater environmental responsibility. we need to develop resources that we have today, do it domestically so we cut our dependence on opec. take a portion of that revenue and we specifically dedicate it to the energy solutions of tomorrow. we talk about the energy it willnt finund and how build out and advance. that is the framework. it is good reading and it is designed to advance the discussion. on a critically important topic. last night, as i was watching the game at the same time as i was doing my homework and figuring out how we were going to do this rollout today, i had no idea when the game first started out 34 minutes was
clean technologies and diverse technologies that allow us to do more and do it in no way that is an environmentally responsible way. imposing the mandates of other heavy hand of ideas that are out there for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. they are not going to pass congress. what we need to be dealing, as we move forward, there will be rolled-making efforts. -- rule-making efforts. need to find those ways that we develop the technologies to really allow us to have that greater environmental...
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plenty of unemployed workers work in technological fields or fields where the technology continues to develop, keeping up with skills. most people who are true profession -- computer professionals love to be on the computer and learn the new thing. even if they are not working, and i have spoken to these workers, they are out there learning new programs and new technology on their own, because that is just what they do. the way that i would read a book for pleasure in my down time, they will get on the computer to learn something new because that is what they enjoy doing. there is this assumption among some lawyers that skills are getting stale, but there is no looking at the resume or speaking with the otherwise qualified individual to see if that is actually true. host: something from the state level, this is from new york, the employment opportunity act of 2011, making it illegal for employers to discriminate against unemployed job applicants. unsuccessful job applicants could sue and required damages. host: where does this stand, as far as the bill is concerned? guest: this was in
plenty of unemployed workers work in technological fields or fields where the technology continues to develop, keeping up with skills. most people who are true profession -- computer professionals love to be on the computer and learn the new thing. even if they are not working, and i have spoken to these workers, they are out there learning new programs and new technology on their own, because that is just what they do. the way that i would read a book for pleasure in my down time, they will...
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it is all because of technology. who is driving technology? skilled workers. engineers, scientists, a whole assortment of people driving the changes. until recently, the most innovative place on this planet in silicon valley they were immigrants. in an era in which skilled labor did not have as much value as it did today, we need the unskilled workers. no doubt about that. in this new era, it is all about scale. -- skill. we have a two is right now. -- we have a choice right now. we have the ability to sophists the challenges. we can create unlimited -- to solve the challenges. we can create unlimited energy. we can create security which protects us. we can do all these amazing things and all within the next five-seven years. i can guarantee that five years from now, we will be debating how we distribute all the abundance that we are creating. it is imperative that we allow silicon valley are technologist to do their magic and to save us. a strong america is important for the world. we can solve the world challenges. immigration is one of the keys to making it
it is all because of technology. who is driving technology? skilled workers. engineers, scientists, a whole assortment of people driving the changes. until recently, the most innovative place on this planet in silicon valley they were immigrants. in an era in which skilled labor did not have as much value as it did today, we need the unskilled workers. no doubt about that. in this new era, it is all about scale. -- skill. we have a two is right now. -- we have a choice right now. we have the...
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the technology that helps these border patrol agents is absolutely remarkable. the interior enforcement of the united states is coming along and it will continue to be so. 2013 is not 1986. we made another big mistake in 1986. we allow people who had been here for four years, since 1982, in other words by year's worth of people who were here illegally, roughly 50% of the legal resident population, we allowed them to remain and we protected many of their employers. in the legislation, we started in 1987 with a nucleus of about 3 million people who were here illegally and continued to live here it illegally in grew to 11 or 12 million people. we did so by not having a plan for bringing in additional workers when the economy was booming through the 1990's until about 2004-2005. employers took the easy path, employed people who come here illegally. we are doing much better job in terms of employer sanctions. fines have gone up dramatically. all the employers have really skyrocketed. we're going to do much more of this. it is now time to have immigration reform. host
the technology that helps these border patrol agents is absolutely remarkable. the interior enforcement of the united states is coming along and it will continue to be so. 2013 is not 1986. we made another big mistake in 1986. we allow people who had been here for four years, since 1982, in other words by year's worth of people who were here illegally, roughly 50% of the legal resident population, we allowed them to remain and we protected many of their employers. in the legislation, we started...
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first, technology. you can't be a 21st century leader without 21st century tools. not when people organize pro democracy protests with twitter and while terrorists spread their hateful ideology online. that's why i have championed what we call 21st century state craft. we've launched an interagency center for strategic counterterrorism communications at state. expert, tech-savvy specialists from across our government fluent in irdu, use social media to expose terrorism. we're leading the efforts to defend internet freedom so it remains a free, open and reliable platform for everyone. we're helping human rights activists get online and communicate more safely because the country that built the internet ought to be leading the fight to protect it from those who would censor it or use it as a tool of control. second, our nonproliferation agenda. negotiating the new start treaty with russia was an example of traditional diplomacy at its best. then working it through the congress was an example of traditional bipartisan support at its best, but we also have been working
first, technology. you can't be a 21st century leader without 21st century tools. not when people organize pro democracy protests with twitter and while terrorists spread their hateful ideology online. that's why i have championed what we call 21st century state craft. we've launched an interagency center for strategic counterterrorism communications at state. expert, tech-savvy specialists from across our government fluent in irdu, use social media to expose terrorism. we're leading the...
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we have more officers, better technology, better barriers, but we are still not there. we need more. host: james tweets in -- that is a cynical way to look at it. there are a number of democrats on capitol hill who want to do this for the right reasons. i think that reflects the position of those who are in this group. there may be some who want it just for political purposes. i would just assume the best and move the head--- i will assume the best and move ahead. host: senator jeff blake. we will turn our attention to veterans and mental health with the killing of chris klye in texas. we will be right back with that segment after this news update from c-span radio. >> 9:20 a.m. eastern time. you are american sought the benefits from unemployment. it is a sign companies are hiring at a modest but steady press -- pace. weekly applications fell by 5000. and the labor department, productivity contracted at an annual rate at 2%, the biggest drops as the first quarter of 2011. productivity rose 3.2% from july to september. productivity is the amount of output per hour of wor
we have more officers, better technology, better barriers, but we are still not there. we need more. host: james tweets in -- that is a cynical way to look at it. there are a number of democrats on capitol hill who want to do this for the right reasons. i think that reflects the position of those who are in this group. there may be some who want it just for political purposes. i would just assume the best and move the head--- i will assume the best and move ahead. host: senator jeff blake. we...
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what is the happy medium between all this great political technology and civic technology? it's really not going to give us what we want at the end of the day, if we keep going like this. >> it's a tough question, but i hear what you are saying. were the balance comes, i don't know, because the tremendous - amount of citizen contacts that we have now. when i worked on the hill, it could get overwhelming at times. we were debating the health care bill, debating stimulus bills, and when you have thousands of phone calls coming in during the course of a day, when you have thousands of e-mails. everytime you turn on the television, somebody screaming in your ear on one side or the other, it becomes very difficult for an average member of congress. i think everybody on this panel would say the number of really good people who care about policy and substance on capitol hill does far outnumber the ones who don't. it's just that the ones who don't are the ones that shout the loudest. i could point to democrats and republicans where i would say our courageous, wonderful people who t
what is the happy medium between all this great political technology and civic technology? it's really not going to give us what we want at the end of the day, if we keep going like this. >> it's a tough question, but i hear what you are saying. were the balance comes, i don't know, because the tremendous - amount of citizen contacts that we have now. when i worked on the hill, it could get overwhelming at times. we were debating the health care bill, debating stimulus bills, and when you...
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it is better, we have more officers with better technology, better barriers, but we are still not there. so we need more. >host: finally, no chance the democrats will make any deal that improves the wave -- wages panics the republicans. guest: that may be a cynical way to look at it. i can tell you there are a number of democrats who want to do this for the right reasons. that reflects the position of those who were in this group. there may be some who wanted just for political purposes, but we will assume the best and move ahead. host: senator jeff flake, republican of arizona, thank you for being here. [captioning performed bynational captioning institute][captions copyright nationalcable satellite corp. 2013]>> tomorrow we talk about al jazeera's new english channel. the inspector general for the troubled asset relief program questions about her criticism of the treasury department for approving excessive pay for executives at firms that received taxpayer bailouts during the financial crisis. we will also discuss a report that concludes that americans die sooner and at higher rates o
it is better, we have more officers with better technology, better barriers, but we are still not there. so we need more. >host: finally, no chance the democrats will make any deal that improves the wave -- wages panics the republicans. guest: that may be a cynical way to look at it. i can tell you there are a number of democrats who want to do this for the right reasons. that reflects the position of those who were in this group. there may be some who wanted just for political purposes, but...
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i believe that online education and technology and education, digital learning, really is the wave of the future for school choice. it is not just plunking a few computers in classrooms or buying a smartboard anymore. it is actually connecting kids, whether they're in a school, public school, public charter school, magnet school, or in the home with some of the best teachers around the world via online and blended learning. it can make a difference for so many families. host: our next call comes from dell, dell is an educator. and we want to show a picture of some supporters on the steps of the pennsylvania state capitol in harrisburg in january during the first annual national school choice week. go ahead, dell. caller: yeah, i'm a former educator, i'm in my 70's. i have a question i want to give you first, i want to give you also commentary. question being, how does school choice play into these other countries like india, china, japan, where they have much better success in the schools, for example. give me something about i.i.t., the indian institute of technology, how wonderful t
i believe that online education and technology and education, digital learning, really is the wave of the future for school choice. it is not just plunking a few computers in classrooms or buying a smartboard anymore. it is actually connecting kids, whether they're in a school, public school, public charter school, magnet school, or in the home with some of the best teachers around the world via online and blended learning. it can make a difference for so many families. host: our next call...